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Title: Running with Rhinos
Author: Ed Warner
Task: Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
pages 232
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 232
Date finished: 12/13/18
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book title: The Christmas Dog
Author: Melody Carlson
Task: 5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation). - cover background mostly green
Pages: 176
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 176
Date finished: 12/14/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: (optional)
Book title: Christmas Every Day
Author: William Dean Howells
Task: 8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
Pages: 29
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 29
Date finished: 12/14/18
Rating: 2 stars
Review: (optional)
Book title: The Time I Saved the Day
Author: Jes Drew
Task: 5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).
How it works: The cover looks mostly red to me.
Pages: 210
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 122
Date finished: 12/14/18
Rating: 3 (3.5) Stars
Review (optional): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2612715690
Book title: His Christmas Present
Author: Serenity Woods
Task: 2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
Pages: 119
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 119
Date finished: 12/15/18
Rating: 5 Stars
Review (optional): N/A
Title: Waterloo, Waterloo
Author: Theresa Waugh
Task: 9. Read a book published in December.
pages: 192
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 102
Date finished: 12/16/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Lieutenant's Bargain
Author: Regina Jennings
Task: 4. Read a book with snow on the cover.
pages: 323
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 323
Date finished: 12/15/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Loveable Christmas Angel
Author: Mimi Barbour
Task: 1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
pages: 153
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 153
Date finished: 12/18/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: n/a
Title: Christmas Short Stories
Author: Stephen Leacock
Task: 9 - Read a book published in December
pages: 54
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 54
Date finished: 12/18/18
Rating: 2 stars
Review: really strange short stories
Title: Renovating the Richardsons
Author: Virginia Smith
Task: 5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).
How it works: The cover is mainly green
Number of pages: 224
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 224
Date finished: 12/20/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book title: Branwen's Quest
Author: Katelyn Buxton
Task: 4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
How it works: The cover has snow on it.
Pages: 165
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 165 (it did say I was 3% done before I started the challenge, but I never did start on the first chapter until the challenge started.)
Date finished: 12/19/18
Rating: 3 (3.5) Stars
Review (optional): N/A
Title: Christmas Town
Author: Donna VanLiere
Task 3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
How it works: The truck has a wreath on the tail gate
pages: 228
Number of pages read during the challenge: 228
date finished: 12/20/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine ReayBook title: The Printed Letter Bookshop
Author: Katherine Reay
Task: 6. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
Pages: 336
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 290 (I read 46 pages before it started)
Date finished: 11/19/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: (optional) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Title: Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas
Author: Linda Mansfield
Task: 1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
How it works: There is a Christmas tree on the right side of the cover
Number of pages: 96
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 96
Date finished: 12/21/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Title: In the Shadow of Croft Towers
Author: Abigail Wilson
Task: 10. FREEBIE
Number of Pages: 336
Number of Pages I read during this challenge segment: 336
Date finished: 12/21/2018
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Noelle's Golden Christmas
Author: Tamie Dearen
Task: 6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
pages: 176
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 176
Date finished: 12/20/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: n/a
Title: Haley's Hangdog Holiday
Author: Tamie Dearen
Task: 10. Freebie
pages: 219
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 219
Date finished: 12/22/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: n/a
Title: Searching for You
Author: Jody Hedlund
Task: 7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
pages: 338
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 338
Date finished: 12/19/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book title: Winter Cursed
Author: Nicki Chapelway
Task: 10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
How it works: This is a book I wanted to read. ;)
Pages: 116
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 116
Date finished: 12/23/18
Rating: 5 Stars
Review (optional): N/A
Title: Code of Valor
Author: Lynette Eason
Task: 5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (Every time I look at this cover the color green is the first thing that comes to mind!)
Pages: 336
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 336
Date Finished: 12/23/2018
Rating: 5 Stars!
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: One Imperfect Christmas
Author: Myra Johnson
Task: 3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
Pages: 281
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 281
Date Finished: 12/24/2018
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
Title: Mind Games
Author: Nancy Mehl
Task: 9. Read a book published in December.
Pages: 329
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 329
Date Finished: 12/24/2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Amish Christmas Memories
Author: Vannetta Chapman
Task: 3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
Pages: 224
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 224
Date Finished: 12/25/2018
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Christmas
December 10th-December 30th
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1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
-Donna | Loveable Christmas Angel (Angels with Attitude, #3) by Mimi Barbour | 153
-Kimberly | Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas by Linda Mansfield | 96
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2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | His Christmas Present by Serenity Woods | 119
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3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
-Kimberly | The Christmas Town (Christmas Hope #8) by Donna VanLiere | 228
-Donna | One Imperfect Christmas by Myra Johnson | 281
-Brittany | Amish Christmas Memories (Indiana Amish Brides #2) by Vannetta Chapman | 224
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4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
-Brittany | The Lieutenant's Bargain (Fort Reno, #2) by Regina Jennings | 323
-Grace | Branwen's Quest (Warriors of Aralan #1) by Katelyn Buxton | 165
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5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).
-Donna | The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson| 176
-Grace | The Time I Saved the Day (The Ninja and Hunter Series #1) by Jes Drew | 122
-Kimberly | Renovating the Richardsons (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #2) by Virginia Smith | 224
-Caitlyn | Code of Valor (Blue Justice #3) by Lynette Eason | 336
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6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | Noelle's Golden Christmas by Tamie Dearen | 176
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7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
-Donna | Rocky Mountain Cowboy by Tina Radcliffe | 224
-Kimberly | Running with Rhinos Stories from a Radical Conservationist by Ed Warner | 232
-Brittany | Searching for You (Orphan Train, #3) by Jody Hedlund | 338
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8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | Christmas Every Day (Illustrated) by William Dean Howells | 29
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9. Read a book published in December.
-Kimberly | Waterloo, Waterloo by Teresa Waugh | 102
-Donna | Christmas Short Stories (Illustrated) by Stephen Leacock | 54
-Brittany | Mind Games (Kaely Quinn Profiler, #1) by Nancy Mehl 329
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-Caitlyn | In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson | 336
-Donna | Haley's Hangdog Holiday (Holiday, Inc. #2) by Tamie Dearen | 219
-Grace | Winter Cursed (Winter Cursed, #1) by Nicki Chapelway | 116
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Task points: 58
Page points: 93
Total points: 151
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Book title: The Printed Letter Bookshop
Author: Katherine Reay
Task: 6. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
Pages: 336
Number of pages I read duri..."
I believe this was a mistake in posting. :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Title: Small Town Christmas
Author: Magdalena Scott
Task: 4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
Pages: 188
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 188
Date Finished: 12/27/2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: n/a
Melanie wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine ReayBook title: The Printed Letter Bookshop
Author: Katherine Reay
Task: 6. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
Pages: 336
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I don't know what happened, I didn't even read this book. Sorry
Title: The House by the Lake
Author: Ella Carey
Task: Freebie
Pages: 254
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 254
Date Finished: 12/27/18
Rating 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: A Baby for the Doctor
Author: Stephanie Dees
Task: 2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
Pages: 217
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 217
Date Finished: 12/28/18
Rating 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Title: Lone Star Christmas Witness
Author: Margaret Daley
Task: 10. FREEBIE
Number of Pages: 224
Number of Pages I read during this challenge segment: 224
Date finished: 12/29/2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Title: Christmas with Miss Austen
Author: Laura Briggs
Task: 4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title
Number of pages: 59
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 59
Date finished: 12/30/18
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting on New Years books....
Book Title: The Arizona Lawman
Author: Stella Bagwell
Task: 8. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Number of pages: 224
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 113 (111-224)
Date finished: 12/31/18
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: n/a
Title: White Christmas
Author: Tanya Stowe
Task 3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: N,E,W,Y,A,R.
Number of pages: 88
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 88
Date finished: 1/5/2019
Rating 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ok, I don't know what happened to my post from yesterday.Here is my first task for the last round:
Title: Never Vie for a Viscount
Author: Regina Scott
Task 7. Dress on cover
Number of pages: 242
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 242
Date finished: 1/4/2019
Rating 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: What She Knew
Author: Nadine Galinsky Feldman
8. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
pages: 218
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 218
Date finished: 1/6/2019
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Title: Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter Near-Death ExperiencesAuthor: Hank Hanegraaff
Task 3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: N,E,W,Y,A,R. (starts with "A")
Number of pages: 256
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 256
Date finished: 1/6/2019
Rating 2 stars
Review:
Title: Camp Rolling Hills
Author: Stacy Davidowitz
Read a book that is first in its series.
pages: 256
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 256
Date finished: 1/6/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Marriage Bargain
Author: Stephanie Dees
Task 1: New book (pub in 2019)
pages: 218
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 218
Date finished: 1/6/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: This Homeward Journey
Author: Misty M. Beller
Task 2: Pub in January
pages: 305
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 305
Date finished: 1/7/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Reunited at Christmas
Author: Belle Calhoune
Task 7. Dress on cover
Number of pages: 288
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 288
Date finished: 1/9/2019
Rating 5 stars
Review: n/a
Title: Who I Am with You
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
Task 3: (Letter W)
pages: 283
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 283
Date finished: 1/9/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Rancher's Homecoming
Author: Anna J. Stewart
Task 10: Freebie
pages: 384
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 384
Date finished: 1/9/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book title: A Week of Werewolves, Faeries, and Fancy Dresses
Author: Nicki Chapelway
Task: 7. Read a book with a dress on the cover.
How it works: There is a dress on the cover.
Pages: 372
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 372
Date finished: 1/9/19
Rating: 5 (4.5) Stars
Review (optional): N/A
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Christmas
December 10th-December 30th
-Tasks-
1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
-Donna | Loveable Christmas Angel (Angels with Attitude, #3) by Mimi Barbour | 153
-Kimberly | Stories for the 12 Days of Christmas by Linda Mansfield | 96
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2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | His Christmas Present by Serenity Woods | 119
-Brittany | A Baby for the Doctor (Family Blessings, #2) by Stephanie Dees | 217
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3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
-Kimberly | The Christmas Town (Christmas Hope #8) by Donna VanLiere | 228
-Donna | One Imperfect Christmas by Myra Johnson | 281
-Brittany | Amish Christmas Memories (Indiana Amish Brides #2) by Vannetta Chapman | 224
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4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
-Brittany | The Lieutenant's Bargain (Fort Reno, #2) by Regina Jennings | 323
-Grace | Branwen's Quest (Warriors of Aralan #1) by Katelyn Buxton | 165
-Donna | Small Town Christmas (Serendipity, Indiana Book 1) by Magdalena Scott | 188
-Kimberly | Christmas with Miss Austen by Laura Briggs | 59
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5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).
-Donna | The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson| 176
-Grace | The Time I Saved the Day (The Ninja and Hunter Series #1) by Jes Drew | 122
-Kimberly | Renovating the Richardsons (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B #2) by Virginia Smith | 224
-Caitlyn | Code of Valor (Blue Justice #3) by Lynette Eason | 336
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6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | Noelle's Golden Christmas by Tamie Dearen | 176
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7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
-Donna | Rocky Mountain Cowboy by Tina Radcliffe | 224
-Kimberly | Running with Rhinos Stories from a Radical Conservationist by Ed Warner | 232
-Brittany | Searching for You (Orphan Train, #3) by Jody Hedlund | 338
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8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
-Donna | Christmas Every Day (Illustrated) by William Dean Howells | 29
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9. Read a book published in December.
-Kimberly | Waterloo, Waterloo by Teresa Waugh | 102
-Donna | Christmas Short Stories (Illustrated) by Stephen Leacock | 54
-Brittany | Mind Games (Kaely Quinn Profiler, #1) by Nancy Mehl 329
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-Caitlyn | In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson | 336
-Donna | Haley's Hangdog Holiday (Holiday, Inc. #2) by Tamie Dearen | 219
-Grace | Winter Cursed (Winter Cursed, #1) by Nicki Chapelway | 116
-Kimberly | The House by the Lake by Ella Carey | 254
-Brittany | Lone Star Christmas Witness (Lone Star Justice #5) by Margaret Daley | 224
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Task points: 63
Page points: 100
Total points: 163
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Title: Who I Am with You
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
Task 3: (Letter W)
pages: 283
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 283
Date finished: 1/9/2019
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This book has 320 pages, which I will give you guys the extra point. :D
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(last edited Jan 11, 2019 07:19PM)
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New Years
December 31st-January 20th
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1. Read a new book (i.e. published in 2018/2019)
- Brittany | The Marriage Bargain (Family Blessings, #4) by Stephanie Dees |218
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Brittany | This Homeward Journey (Heart of the Mountains Book 5) by Misty M. Beller | 305
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3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: N,E,W,Y,A,R.
-Kimberly | White Christmas by Tanya Stowe | 88
-Brittany | Who I Am with You (Legacy of Faith #1) by Robin Lee Hatcher | 320
-Donna | AfterLife What You Need to Know About Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences by Hank Hanegraaff | 256
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7. Read a book with a dress on the cover.
-Grace | A Week of Werewolves, Faeries, and Fancy Dresses (My Time in Amar #1) by Nicki Chapelway| 372
-Donna | Reunited at Christmas (Alaskan Grooms, #4) by Belle Calhoune | 288
-Brittany | Never Vie for a Viscount (Fortune's Brides, #4) by Regina Scott | 242
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8. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
-Kimberly | What She Knew by Nadine Galinsky Feldman | 218
-Donna | The Arizona Lawman by Stella Bagwell | 113
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9. Read a book that is first in its series.
-Kimberly | Camp Rolling Hills (Camp Rolling Hills, #1) by Stacy Davidowitz | 256
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-Brittany | The Rancher's Homecoming by Anna J. Stewart | 384
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Task points: 75
Page points: 125
Total points: 200
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Title: A Lady of Esteem
Author: Kristi Ann Hunter
Task 9: First in series
pages: 159
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 159
Date finished: 1/13/2019
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Out Live Your Life
Author: Max Lucado
Task 10. Freebie
pages: 240
Number of pages I read during this challenge: 240
Date finished: 1/13/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
Title: Greater than Gold
Author: Roseanna White
Task: 4. Read a book with fireworks on the cover.
Pages: 260 (not listed on Goodreads, but I read a print copy and that is how I got the page count, I hope that is ok!)
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 260
Date Finished: 1/13/19
Rating: 4 stars!
Review: N/A
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Book title: Rocky Mountain Cowboy
Author: Tina Radcliffe
Task: 7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
Pages: 224
Number of pages I read during this challenge segment: 224
Date finished: 12/12/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review: (optional)